Charles de Champs

Vice Admiral Charles Léon de Champs (10 October 1873 – 17 February 1959) was a Swedish Navy officer who was the Chief of the Naval Staff from 1936 to 1937 and the Chief of the Navy from 1936 to 1939.

Early life de Champs was born on 10 October 1873 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Belgium-born navy commander (1837–1917) and his wife Eva (née Skytte af Sätra). He was brother of army officer (1869–1948). His father immigrated from the Netherlands and came from a noble family. de Champs was a student at Praktiska arbetsskolan för barn och ungdom (later Palmgrenska samskolan) from 1880 to 1886 and was an extra cadet on the corvette in 1886.

Career Military career He conducted preparatory education at the Royal Swedish Naval Academy from 1886 and 1887 and was then a sea cadet at the Royal Swedish Naval Academy from 1887 to 1893, becoming a second lieutenant in the Swedish Fleet in 1893. de Champs was promoted to sub-lieutenant in 1896 and attended the Royal Institute of Technology's vocational school (fackskola) for the machine architecture and mechanical technology from 1896 to 1899 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1902. de Champs was succeeded by Vice Admiral Fabian Tamm on 1 April 1939.

Other work de Champs became control officer at Stockholm Weapons Factory (Stockholms Vapenfabrik) in 1900. He was chairman of the Executive Board of the Navy Retirement Fund (Flottans pensionskassa) from 1928 to 1933 and was military member of the Supreme Court from 1933 to 1937.

Personal life On 26 November 1919, de Champs married Ida Elisabeth Uggla (born 20 January 1897 in Gothenburg), the daughter of office manager Karl Vilhelm Valfrid Uggla and Julia Amelie Nordwall.

Death de Champs died on 17 February 1959 at the in Stockholm. He was interred on 27 February 1959 at Norra begravningsplatsen, near Stockholm.

Dates of rank 4 November 1893 – Acting sub-lieutenant 20 March 1896 – Sub-lieutenant 4 April 1902 – Lieutenant 31 December 1915 – Lieutenant commander 14 December 1917 – Commander 28 February 1923 – Captain 4 February 1927 – Rear admiral 1934 – Vice admiral

Awards and decorations de Champs' awards:

Foreign

Grand Cross of the Cross of Naval Merit

Commander 1st Class of the Order of Isabella the Catholic

Second Class, Third Grade of the Order of the Double Dragon